Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi

Khawaja Muhammad Qamar Ud Din Sialvi
Born1906–
Sial Sharif, Pakistan
Died1981
Known forSufi scholar and Sunni politician of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan

Khawaja Muhammad Qamar Ud Din Sialvi (1906–1981), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, religious leader and politician. He was a Waliullah (Sufi saint) of the Chishti Sufi order; his Sufi convent (zawyah) is located in the village of Sial Sharif.

He was also the founder of the Sunni Barelvi political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (representing the religious scholars of the Ahl-e-Sunnah Wa-al-Jamaa'ah denomination in Pakistan) and became its president in 1970.[1] He is also credited with being one of the foremost and staunchest supporters of the movement for the creation of Pakistan.

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